Perkin (1146-1176)

Perkin (1146-1176) was a spy of the Kingdom of Jerusalem. He was an adept agent, but was killed on a mission to spy on the Sultanate of Damascus in 1176 while pretending to be in a bush.

Biography
Perkin was born in 1146 in the Kingdom of Jerusalem of English descent. He became a spy in the service of King Baldwin IV of Jerusalem, and was an adept agent. In 1176, Perkin was dispatched on a mission to gather information on the defenses of the Sultanate of Damascus, a city-state in southwestern Syria that was a threat to the eastern borders of the Kingdom. He was sent to infiltrate the walls through a Trojan Horse tactic, using assembled sticks and brush to form a bush that he could use as cover.

Death
Perkin used the bush as cover, squatting down and walking quickly in several instances where the gate guard looked away. However, he started to fidget and the guard noticed the bush shaking. The guard stabbed at the bush with a pike, and he mortally wounded Perkin, who crawled out of the bush away from the guard before dying.